SUDAN INSIGHTS ALERT: Washington Post - George Clooney and John Prendergast: Sudan needs more than words. It needs action.

Full article: 14/4/19: Washington Post – George Clooney and John Prendergast: Sudan needs more than words. It needs action.

Summary:

George Clooney and John Prendergast, co-founders of the Sentry, an investigative team that builds cases against African war criminals, call for the international community to use their leverage to pressure Sudan’s transitional military council to hand-over power to a civilian government.

 Clooney and Prendergast call for all non-humanitarian aid to Sudan to be suspended until civilian rule is in place and militias are disbanded, as well as the regime’s debt relief quests to be conditioned on the completion of “genuine” democratic transition.

 Clooney and Prendergast suggest that the “most potent” form of leverage would be for the US treasury and other global regulators to go after assets laundered by Al Bashir and allies in the international financial system, concluding with calls for the US to sanction regime officials for corruption and rights abuses under the Global Magnitsky Act.